Archive · 11 Oct 2026
DUPR Expands Rated Pickleball Tournament Access Across Southeast Asia
Pickleball tournaments need a way to group players by skill.
Sports Control Hub founder Jherome Escueta said asking players to rate themselves can become unreliable when many people take part.
His organization uses DUPR as its official rating system.
DUPR ratings reflect players’ actual match results.
Escueta said this helps organizers choose divisions with more confidence.
The announcement concerns expanding access to rated tournaments across Southeast Asia.
DUPR is expanding access to rated pickleball tournaments across Southeast Asia.
Sports Control Hub founder Jherome Escueta discussed challenges in assessing player abilities.
Escueta said self-declared skill levels become unreliable when many players participate.
Sports Control Hub uses DUPR as its official rating system.
Escueta said match-results-based ratings help organizers place players in suitable divisions.
- Who
- DUPR and Sports Control Hub, whose founder is Jherome Escueta.
- What
- Expansion of access to rated pickleball tournaments, with DUPR used as Sports Control Hub’s official rating system.
- Where
- Southeast Asia.
- Why
- To help organizers place players in divisions based on ratings that reflect match results rather than self-declared skill levels.
Self-declared skill levels
Match-results-based ratings
Assessing players for tournament divisions
Self-declared skill levels
Escueta said self-declared skill levels become unreliable when tournaments have more than a handful of participants.
Match-results-based ratings
Escueta said DUPR ratings based on actual match results let organizers place players in divisions with confidence.
- Sport
- Pickleball
- Region
- Southeast Asia
- Rating system
- DUPR
- Organization
- Sports Control Hub
- Founder
- Jherome Escueta
- Rating basis
- Players’ actual match results